賣力氣

Chinese

		sell	physical strength; physical power; energy
trad. (賣力氣)		賣	力氣
simp. (卖力气)		卖	力气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mài lìqi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ lik⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mài lìqi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mài lìci̊
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴ li⁴-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: mài lì-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may lih.chi
  - Palladius: май лици (maj lici)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ lik⁶ hei³
  - Yale: maaih lihk hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ lik⁹ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ lig⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² lɪk̚² hei̯³³/

Verb

賣⫽力氣 (verb-object)

to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
to work as a labourer; to do manual labour for a living

Synonyms

(to strive one's hardest):

Synonyms of 賣力氣

一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力求 (lìqiú)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (Xiang)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Min Nan)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
用力 (yònglì)
竭力 (jiélì)

落力 (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan, Pinghua, Wenzhou)
不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
力圖／力图 (lìtú)
力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
攢勁／攒劲 (Xiang)
極力／极力 (jílì)
殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
賣力／卖力 (màilì)

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